By Trevor Jackson
North Sportsman’s 9/192 d Mil Lel 9/120
North Sportsman’s was simply too strong for Mil Lel in Round 3 of Barber Shield cricket on Saturday at Marist Park.
Both sides batted out their 40 overs, but it was the Tigers who made the most of it to easily pass the required total for victory and push on further.
North won the toss and sent Mil Lel into bat, which paid dividends almost immediately, when Jarrod Sanders was caught off the bowling of Tim Young for a duck, with no runs registered to Mil Lel.
However, from there a half-century stand played out, with Ty Dinnison and the incoming William Rowland looking solid in the middle.
Rowland fell just shy of his half-century, seeing the total along to 62 before fallilng lbw to Nick McInerney for 43.
Darcy Williamson came in and stuck around for nine balls before being sent on his way for no score and just one more run added to the total.
When Jack Miller became the second lbw victim of McInerney, Mil Lel was struggling at 4/72.
only one more double-figure score would come, with Archer Virtanen taking 27 balls to reach 10 runs, then clean bowled by Declan Kenny with the total on 99.
while Mil Lel reach the century mark, few more runs would come and with 40 overs complete, the Tigers needed just 121 for victory.
McInerney claimed three wickets for North and Isaac Mulraney two.
The run chase was solid and quite entertaining, with a half-century stand mid-way through to seal the win.
Alex Hutton was bowled by Miller for 20, with the total at 46, before Elliott Fisher followed suit, bowled by Miller for 31, but off just 24 balls.
Opener Michael Johnston followed soon after, caught off Miller for a steady 27 off 73 balls.
McInerney and Brad Robi9nson then dug in for a half-century stand, with the latter out for a run-a-ball 29 with the victory already secured.
McInerney fell soon after for a timely 37 off 25 deliveries, but from there it was a matter of batting out the overs to see how many runs could be had.
Only Young reached double figures from there on, with 10 runs off 10 balls, with Matthew Robinson and Nicholas Copping unbeaten at the end of the day, with the Tigers finishing on 9/189.
Miller was best with the ball with three scalps.
